Blake E. Estes

• Advised on the roll-up of multiple U.S.-based infrastructure funds into a new offshore vehicle to be listed on a European exchange.
• Restructured and redomiciled a hedge fund employing a relative-value arbitrage strategy.

Derivatives & Structured Products

• Representing a leading asset manager in connection with all of its derivatives trading.
• Representing a U.S.-based energy company in connection with all of its hedging activities.
• Representing a global bank in the issuance of credit-linked notes.
• Representing a global bank in the unwinding of a credit-linked notes program.
• Representing the investment management arm of a global asset manager with all aspects of its derivatives trading program.
• Representing the investment management arm of a multibillion-dollar family office based in New York in the launch and maintenance of its derivatives trading and synthetic financing programs.
• Underwriters' counsel in the structuring, negotiation, and documentation of the forward sale component of an at-the-market equity distribution program for a REIT issuer.
• Representing a national bank in the structuring, launch, and maintenance of its energy hedging program for buy-side clients.
• Representing corporate end-users in the negotiation and documentation of hedging arrangements for credit facilities.
• Represented issuers and underwriters in complex cash and synthetic structured financing transactions, including CLOs, CDOs, ABCP facilities, and total return swaps.
• Represented the prime brokerage desk of a market-leading global bank in the negotiation and documentation of all its derivatives and financing documentation with hedge fund clients.
• Represented a bankrupt energy trading firm in the disposition of its derivatives book.
• Representing a digital assets custodian, exchange platform, and payments system in various regulatory matters.
• Representing a peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange platform with FinCEN registration, money transmission licensing, and general corporate governance matters.
• Representing an Asia-based digital asset exchange in the expansion of its operations into the U.S., advising on general corporate governance, anti-money laundering (AML), money transmission licensing, and broker-dealer regulatory issues.
• Representing a leading B2B e-commerce company in the tokenization of its platform.
• Represented a technology platform for processing and servicing retail investments in alternative investment products.